Comparison of modelled and observed responses of a glacier snowpack to ground-penetrating radar

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-297

  Kohler, Jack ^a   Moore, John C ^b   Isaksson, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0041764431     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815528     Document Type: Article

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